Italian Dual Citizenship Message Board

I should have looked thru this site more carefully; it appears I am under the jurisdiction of San Francisco. Rats!

My nearest Italian consulate is San Francisco, CA. By what I've read on this website they are a very slow-moving Consulate and there is about a 3 year backup for processing applications. Must I use this Consulate, or would I be able to, say, fly down to LA (assuming they are quicker - I haven't chec...

Is it illegal in the USA to copy or mail citizenship paper? My mother, who lives on the other side of the country from me, has some documents regarding her italian-born father's naturalization. Someone has told her it is against the law to copy them or mail them to me. Is this true? She has senile d...